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Two Individuals Charged In Four Robberies Of Pizza Delivery Drivers

David Torres-Medina (19) and Adiezel Perez-Rosario (19), both of Philadelphia, were charged today by Indictment[1]with four counts of robbery which interferes with interstate commerce; four counts of using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence; carjacking; and, as against Torres-Medina only, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment charges that Torres-Medina committed a robbery of a Domino’s Pizza delivery person on September 20, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and that Torres-Medina and Perez-Rosario committed gunpoint and knifepoint robberies of pizza delivery employees of Domino’s Pizza, Fishtown Pizza and Bravo Pizza, each located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 13, 21 and 22, 2017, respectively. Torres-Medina and Perez-Rosario are also charged with a gunpoint robbery of a motor vehicle in connection with the February 22, 2017 Bravo Pizza delivery driver robbery.

If convicted of all counts, Torres-Medina faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, with a mandatory 82-year minimum sentence, a $2,500,000 fine, five years supervised release, and a $1,000 special assessment.

If convicted of all counts, Perez-Rosario faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, with a mandatory 82-year minimum sentence, a $2,000,000 fine, five years supervised release, and a $800 special assessment.

This case has been investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Philadelphia Police Department and the Bensalem Police Department. The case has been assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Eric A. Boden.

[1] An Indictment is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.